December 4th, 1944

Born on December 4th, 1944

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on December 4th?

December 4th, 2012

"Il Canto degli Italiani" officially became the national anthem of Italy, 66 years after it was provisionally chosen following the birth of the Italian Republic.

December 4th, 1992

U.S. president George H. W. Bush ordered American troops into Somalia to help provide humanitarian aid and restore order during the ongoing Somali Civil War.

December 4th, 1986

The MV Amazon Venture oil tanker starts leaking while at the port of Savannah, resulting in an oil spill of approximately 500,000 US gallons (1,900,000 L).

December 4th, 1980

The English rock group Led Zeppelin officially disbanded.

December 4th, 1971

Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Navy launched a successful attack against the Pakistan Navy at Karachi, sinking three ships with no Indian casualties.

December 4th, 1969

Fred Hampton, the leader of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, and Mark Clark were killed in a raid by Chicago police officers in what many scholars consider an illegal assassination.* *1971 – The Troubles: The Ulster Volunteer Force, an Ulster-loyalist paramilitary group, detonated a bomb at a Catholic-owned pub in Belfast, Northern Ireland, killing 15 people.* 1978 – Following the murder of Mayor George Moscone, Dianne Feinstein became San Francisco's first female mayor.

December 4th, 1928

Cosmo Gordon Lang was enthroned as the Archbishop of Canterbury, the first bachelor to be appointed in 150 years.

December 4th, 1893

First Matabele War: A patrol of 34 British South Africa Company soldiers was ambushed and annihilated by more than 3,000 Matabele warriors.

December 4th, 1872

The American brigantine Mary Celeste was found apparently abandoned under circumstances that remain unknown.

December 4th, 1829

Sati, the Hindu funeral custom of a widow's self-immolation on her husband's pyre, was prohibited by Lord William Bentinck in parts of British India after years of campaigning by Ram Mohan Roy (pictured).

December 4th, 1639

Jeremiah Horrocks and William Crabtree made the first successful observation of a transit of Venus (example pictured) from Earth.

December 4th, 1370

Hundred Years' War: In two separate engagements in the Battle of Pontvallain, French forces wiped out an English army which had split up because of a dispute between the commanders.

December 4th, 1875

Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison; he is later recaptured in Spain.

December 4th, 1872

The American brigantine Mary Celeste is discovered drifting in the Atlantic. Her crew is never found.

December 4th, 1867

Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange).

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 4th

Born on December 4th, 1944

79

Chris Hillman

American musician

*December 4th, 1944, Los Angeles

39

Dennis Wilson

American musician (1944–1983)

*December 4th, 1944, Inglewood †December 28th, 1983, Marina del Rey

79

Anna McGarrigle

Canadian singer

*December 4th, 1944, Montreal

67

François Migault

Racecar driver

*December 4th, 1944, Le Mans †January 29th, 2012, Parigné-l'Évêque

79

Eric Server

American actor

*December 4th, 1944, Santa Monica

75

Lorin Dreyfuss

American actor and producer

*December 4th, 1944, Brooklyn †November 30th, 2020

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 4th?

43

Dag Inge Ulstein

Norwegian politician

*December 4th, 1980, Sula

81

Gemma Jones

British actress

*December 4th, 1942, Marylebone

74

Jeff Bridges

American actor

*December 4th, 1949, Los Angeles

75

Southside Johnny

American singer

*December 4th, 1948, Neptune Township

68

Philip Hammond

British politician (born 1955)

*December 4th, 1955, Epping

70

Jean-Pierre Darroussin

French actor and film director

*December 4th, 1953, Courbevoie

59

Marisa Tomei

American actress

*December 4th, 1964, Brooklyn

83

JoAnn H. Morgan

American aerospace engineer

*December 4th, 1940, Huntsville

58

Ulf Kirsten

German footballer

*December 4th, 1965, Riesa

78

Roberta Bondar

Canadian astronaut

*December 4th, 1945, Sault Ste. Marie

70

Jean-Marie Pfaff

Belgian association football player and manager

*December 4th, 1953, Lebbeke

76

Jane Lubchenco

American ecologist

*December 4th, 1947, Denver

82

Francisco Franco

Spanish general and dictator (1892-1975)

*December 4th, 1892, Ferrol †November 20th, 1975, Madrid

60

Sergei Bubka

Ukrainian pole vaulter

*December 4th, 1963, Luhansk

54

Jay-Z

American rapper, record producer and entrepreneur

*December 4th, 1969, Brooklyn

80

Christine Beckers

Belgian racing-car driver

*December 4th, 1943, City of Brussels

50

Tyra Banks

American television personality, producer, and former model

*December 4th, 1973, Inglewood

77

Polly Hemingway

British actor

*December 4th, 1946, Bradford

82

Gil Cawood

New Zealand rower

*December 4th, 1939, Hamilton †August 28th, 2022, Waikato Hospital

83

David Bailie

English actor (1937-2021)

*December 4th, 1937, Springs †March 6th, 2021, London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham

Same year
Born in 1944

79

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

80

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

80

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

80

John Rhys-Davies

Welsh actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

80

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

80

Gernot Erler

German politician

*May 3rd, 1944, Meissen

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

80

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

79

Michael Douglas

American actor and film producer

*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

80

Serge Haroche

French physicist, Nobel laureate

*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

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Leap year

Yes: 1944 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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